Devoted Ladies
$24.61
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2006
Summary
‘Keane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one’ - *GUARDIAN*
‘I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved’ - DIANA ATHILL
‘Miss Farrell’s genius lies in her remorselessness … deliciously funny’ - *NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW*
Jessica and Jane have been living together for six months and are devoted friends - or are they? Jessica loves her friend with the cruelty of total possessiveness; Jane is rich, silly, and drinks r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1844083233 |
| Author: | Molly Keane, Polly Devlin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 124mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
‘The very best of Anglo-Irish writing’ CLARE BOYLAN
Keane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one - GUARDIAN
Her books are witty, sardonic, human comedies, edged by black humour, and, like all good comedies, sadness and pathos lie close to the glittering surface - POLLY DEVLINMiss Farrell’s genius lies in her remorselessness … deliciously funny - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWThe very best of AngloIrish writing - CLARE BOYLANKeane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one - GUARDIANHer books are witty, sardonic, human comedies, edged by black humour, and, like all good comedies, sadness and pathos lie close to the glittering surface - POLLY DEVLINMiss Farrell’s genius lies in her remorselessness … deliciously funny - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWThe very best of AngloIrish writing - CLARE BOYLANMolly Keane
Molly Keane (1904-1996) was an Irish novelist and playwright. She grew up at Ballyrankin in County Wexford and was educated at a boarding school in Bray, County Wicklow. She married Bobby Keane, one of a Waterford squirearchical family in 1938 and had two daughters.
She used her married name for her later novels, several of which (Good Behaviour, Time After Time) have been adapted for television. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M. J. Farrell. Her husband died suddenly in 1946, and following the failure of a play she published nothing for twenty years. In 1981, Good Behaviour came out under her own name. The novel was warmly received and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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